I would like to take the non-blank chars in a text and convert them into dots, with the exception of the non-breaking-space pre tab. There may be more than one pre tab in the text. I can do this with one pre tab, but I can't figure out how to extend to more than one. Please help!
$text = "test of  this # ? my 0923 5834t674";
.... .. .......... . . .. .... ........

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Here's the code that works with one pre tab.
if ($text =~ $nbsp) {
$text =~ s/(.*)$nbsp(.*)//g;    # ( ) PUTS TEXT INTO $1, $2, etc.
$tex1 = $1;    # WHAT COMES BEFORE THE PRE TAG
$tex2 = $2;    # WHAT COMES AFTER
$tex1 =~ s/[^ ]/$repl/g;    # BLANK OUT, EXCLUDING SPACES
$tex2 =~ s/[^ ]/$repl/g;
$text = "$tex1$nbsp$tex2";
}
else    {
$text =~ s/[^ ]/$repl/g;
}
print "$text\n";

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THANKS!

In reply to Blanks with pre tag exceptions by Anonymous Monk

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